Comments on: Terrorism and the Web http://onlinemediacultist.com/2007/07/05/terrorism-and-the-web/ Web producer, writer, online media cultist. That's how I roll. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:41:29 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: delicious mark hubery http://onlinemediacultist.com/2007/07/05/terrorism-and-the-web/comment-page-1/#comment-456 delicious mark hubery Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:35:05 +0000 http://onlinemediacultist.com/2007/07/05/terrorism-and-the-web/#comment-456 <strong>Blog Hopper...</strong> Hi There. I'm blog hopping.... Blog Hopper…

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]]> By: Eric Berlin http://onlinemediacultist.com/2007/07/05/terrorism-and-the-web/comment-page-1/#comment-455 Eric Berlin Fri, 06 Jul 2007 06:42:16 +0000 http://onlinemediacultist.com/2007/07/05/terrorism-and-the-web/#comment-455 Very wise, Alessandro! Very wise, Alessandro!

]]> By: alessandro nicolo http://onlinemediacultist.com/2007/07/05/terrorism-and-the-web/comment-page-1/#comment-454 alessandro nicolo Fri, 06 Jul 2007 04:55:21 +0000 http://onlinemediacultist.com/2007/07/05/terrorism-and-the-web/#comment-454 Absolutely. You can't sink with the malignants.However, and as you know, Churchill understood this all too well and he strove for that balance but he was not afraid to fight back either. You won't win this thing without some force. I may add that using force - if deemed necessary - against terrorism must be wise, selective and strategic too. There is a skeptic/realpolitik side to me at times. ; Absolutely. You can’t sink with the malignants.However, and as you know, Churchill understood this all too well and he strove for that balance but he was not afraid to fight back either. You won’t win this thing without some force.

I may add that using force – if deemed necessary – against terrorism must be wise, selective and strategic too.

There is a skeptic/realpolitik side to me at times. ;

]]> By: Eric Berlin http://onlinemediacultist.com/2007/07/05/terrorism-and-the-web/comment-page-1/#comment-453 Eric Berlin Fri, 06 Jul 2007 04:25:00 +0000 http://onlinemediacultist.com/2007/07/05/terrorism-and-the-web/#comment-453 Sprague -- Very much agreed, finding that balance between security measures and maintaining an open society is another key issue of our time and for the online world. And who knows what government(s) have keywords attuned to such things as "al qaeda" and what happens when those words are mentioned. Scary, indeed. Allesandro -- I think keeping on with the keeping on is the only way to deal with terrorism, maintaining as much of ourselves and our way of life as can be done. I'm thinking of the Brits during the second world war under Churchill's leadership, and I'm also thinking of my pride in my fellow New Yorkers following 9/11. Sprague — Very much agreed, finding that balance between security measures and maintaining an open society is another key issue of our time and for the online world. And who knows what government(s) have keywords attuned to such things as “al qaeda” and what happens when those words are mentioned. Scary, indeed.

Allesandro — I think keeping on with the keeping on is the only way to deal with terrorism, maintaining as much of ourselves and our way of life as can be done. I’m thinking of the Brits during the second world war under Churchill’s leadership, and I’m also thinking of my pride in my fellow New Yorkers following 9/11.

]]> By: alessandro nicolo http://onlinemediacultist.com/2007/07/05/terrorism-and-the-web/comment-page-1/#comment-452 alessandro nicolo Fri, 06 Jul 2007 03:38:09 +0000 http://onlinemediacultist.com/2007/07/05/terrorism-and-the-web/#comment-452 ...and I'm afraid, Eric, with the odd slap to the face. The idea of the presence of force makes soft power all the more effective. It's just the way it is - especially dealing with fanatics. Sprague makes a good point and one that has fluttered around in my head too. It's that "on second thought" mechanism that enters most of us who want to write about terrorism. We just don't know who is reading. Another small way how freedom is on the run. …and I’m afraid, Eric, with the odd slap to the face. The idea of the presence of force makes soft power all the more effective. It’s just the way it is – especially dealing with fanatics.

Sprague makes a good point and one that has fluttered around in my head too. It’s that “on second thought” mechanism that enters most of us who want to write about terrorism. We just don’t know who is reading. Another small way how freedom is on the run.

]]> By: Sprague http://onlinemediacultist.com/2007/07/05/terrorism-and-the-web/comment-page-1/#comment-451 Sprague Fri, 06 Jul 2007 02:28:41 +0000 http://onlinemediacultist.com/2007/07/05/terrorism-and-the-web/#comment-451 Eric, this could be a good launch point for a discussion of surveillance and how government security concerns (I'm thinking of the NSA's arrangement with AT&T) comes up against issues of privacy and freedom online. Personally, I've already felt the chill. When I was writing about a play I saw recently that addressed terrorism, I had second thoughts about having the words Al Qaeda appear on my site... Eric, this could be a good launch point for a discussion of surveillance and how government security concerns (I’m thinking of the NSA’s arrangement with AT&T) comes up against issues of privacy and freedom online.

Personally, I’ve already felt the chill. When I was writing about a play I saw recently that addressed terrorism, I had second thoughts about having the words Al Qaeda appear on my site…

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